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BCE Inc.

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BCE, through its Bell brand, is both a wireless and Internet service provider, offering wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 9 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier- the legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provinces-Ontario and Quebec. Additionally, BCE has a media segment, which holds television, radio, and digital media assets. BCE licenses the Canadian rights to movie channels including HBO, Showtime, and Starz. In 2017, the wireline segment comprised 55% of total revenue, while wireless comprised 35%. Media provided the remainder.